Risk of foreign terror death is lower than death by animal attack
Evidence
Statistics show that Americans have a 1 in 45,808 chance of being killed by a foreign terrorist attack, based on data collected from 1975 to 2015 (Nowrasteh 2016). Americans are more likely to die due to health issues, like heart attacks and cancer, or even an animal attack, than from foreign terrorism. Yet the fear of Muslims and terrorism drives support for increased surveillance. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 678 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Jihadi terrorism kills far fewer Americans than gun deaths or the war on terror — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 92; The statistical odds of dying in a foreign terror attack are minuscule — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 678; Foreign terrorism kills vanishingly few Americans relative to other risks (+3 more)
Broader Connections
- Americans are far likelier to die from animals than foreign terrorism.
#corroborates(0.99) - The statistical odds of dying in a foreign terror attack are minuscule
#corroborates(0.97) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 678 - Foreign terrorism kills vanishingly few Americans relative to other risks
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